HOO’S LEADING LADIES SERIES 厚的女主系列
Today we continue our exploration of who among Hoo’s leading ladies in his dramas will make Park Sihoo-ssi a perfect lifetime partner. For the last three days, we have delved into modern women and their different personalities. Today, we go back in time to the days of the Jeoson dynasty and focus on that one brave rebel lady.
Hoo’s leading lady – Brave rebel Lee Seryung in “The Princess Man”
A rebel with a cause. A brave woman who stood up for what was right, in defense of injustice and her man – even if the adversary were her own flesh and blood father. That was exactly what Lee Seryung did. A filial daughter who was her father’s favorite child, she stood up to him when she saw his cruel and merciless actions in his quest for power and to usurp the throne.
She was torn between being a filial daughter and the protector of the man she loved, not the most enviable and comfortable position to be in. And during the time when women were subservient to men, her actions were most heroic and brave. Her rebellious, independent nature was evident from the start, as was her persistence in pursuit of what she was passionate about – being able to ride a horse. She was no pushover and will not be swayed once her mind was made up. A good partner, she will stay true and loyal and fight for what she considered to be the right cause.
So, if Park Sihoo-ssi considered the Lee Seryung type the right partner, his first hurdle must be to win her over. Not easy with her independent and outspoken nature, so he would need to resonate with her passion. But once won, it will be a lifetime of loving and having someone looking out for him and his interest. Loyal and brave.
Will Lee Seryung do? Yes, if it were the actress who played her in real life, I guess. Seeing interactions between Park Sihoo-ssi and her, I couldn’t help but felt that he was most partial to her among all his co-stars! And who can resist such a pretty face who puts on her most charming coyness especially among men? One must be a saint to remain unmoved! 🙂
勇敢的反叛
今天,我们继续探索这周的“厚的女主”系列。在施厚君的电视剧里,哪位女主会是他最理想完美的终身伴侣呢? 在过去三天,我们讨论的是现代女性和她们不同的性格。 今天,我们倒回到韩国朝鲜时代,专注一位勇敢的反叛女子。
厚的女主 – “公主的男人”李世姈的勇敢反叛
一位有原因的反叛。一位勇敢的女人,为正义和维护她的男人而斗争 – 即使对手是她最亲的父亲。这就是李世姈了。一位孝顺的女儿,是父亲最喜欢疼爱的孩子,但,看到他寻求权力和篡夺皇位,所做出的残忍和无情的事情,她就为正义挺身而出。
站在一个孝女和爱人的保护者之间, 她的立场和处境是非常困难的。在这旧时代,当女人必须服从男人的时代,她的行为是特别勇敢的。她的反叛,独立的性格从一开始就显而易见,她坚持追求她热爱的事情 – 能够体验骑马的感觉。一旦下了决心,她就不会摇摆。她会保持真实和忠诚,为她认为是正确的事情而战,是一位非常难得的终身伴侣。
如果施厚君认为李世姈的类型是他理想的伴侣,他第一要做的就是必须赢得她。以她独立和直言不讳的性格,并非容易,是需要和她的激情共鸣。但一旦赢得她的信任和欢心,将会是一生的爱和维护。是位忠诚和勇敢的女孩。
李世姈可否适合?如果是现实生活中扮演她的女演员,我的猜测是会合施厚君的欢心。看到施厚君和她之间的互动,不禁感到,他在所有的女主中,最偏袒她了!谁能抵抗这样漂亮,会引诱,尤其是男人,着迷的女人呢?连圣人都可以被她打动啊! 🙂
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This actress I am quite confident to say that she would absolutely fit PSH in his real life, let’s hope in real life she doesn’t come with the string of the enemy family. Being a brave, outspoken, independent, most of all someone with righteousness that encompassed integrity, honesty, morality, decency, uprightness, honour, nobility. This princess is my top choice for PSH. And she happens to come with great looks and vitality that’s added bonus. Once won over, she will protect her man to her death. Her man will be so proud that even after life the story he wants to bring to the after life world is how proud he is that he has been loved by a woman who treasured him more than her life. Simply Noble. If PSH would marry someone with such qualities and steadfast love for him, he will be a very contented married man.
“It’s started again, You ignored me again.” When even their own child, their daughter , is uttering such words, seeing her parents looking at one another with deep love, when even their own daughter is jelous of her parents’ love , that means that such a love can last for ever. There is a saying :”Any home can become a castle, when the King and the Queen are in love.” And with a wife like Lee Se Ryung by his side, PSH’s house can become his castle . Yes, I join Chai Hua that :”..she would absolutely fit PSH in his real life.” If he can find such a woman in our modern society! I hope. ! Because Lee Se Ryung has the best attributes for a perfect woman to be his wife. Except what Chai Hua has already mentioned , I’d like to add her courage, her spirit of justice, , her maturity, her deep affection, her respect and even self sacrifice for her beloved one. When even Kim Seung can recognize what a wonderful, benefic influence Lee Se Ryung had on his life, then they deserved to be together, then PSH should deserve to have by his side such a woman. “Although I lost my sight, I have retrieved my heart. Although I was unable to get revange, I gained you instead.. I have you at my side. I’m not afraid.” If PSH is lucky enough to find a woman like Lee Se Ryung, then he can say:”The most wonderful thing I decided to do was to share my life and heart with you.” Because both of them know :”What exactly is love, I asked the world. If without hesitation , we can mutually promise to be together till death do us part, it is love.”
One of the main compelling reasons why I love TPM to bits got to do with the immense depth of love between KIM Seungyu and Lee Seryung. Endearing, unwavering, self sacrificial kind of love extremely hard to find in current modern society. In fact, I am often tempted to make a comparison who loved who more between this beautiful couple. There are times I am convinced that Seryung’s love and devotion for her beloved Seung was deeper by a few shades than his for her. He was distracted by his quest to revenge the slaughter of his father and brother that at one stage he was prepared to give her up…But she never once wavered, prepared to die in his place and for his sake. Brave, courageous, heroic Seryung.
And so if PSH does meet a modern day Seryung who is prepared to give her all to love him deeply, sacrificially and unconditionally, it is my wish she will forever be cherished and treasured by him. Such a rare gem is hard to find.
Further thoughts – Why I raised the point on whether Seryung loved SeungYu more, stems from my recollection that in Qor, Hwang Tae Hee’s eventual acceptance of Yong Shik’s love was based on her revelation that this time round it was different. With Joon Soo, she was the initiator of the relationship and throughout their marriage carried the worry that she was the party who was loved less. With Yong Shik, it was different. He was clearly the one who initiated loving her with a love so unconditional and unshakeable, for once she felt that she was loved more than she could reciprocate the love. So the question I beg to have an answer is will it be better for PSH to have a marriage partner who loves him more or one he loves more. I still have not decided which female lead character suits PSH best–will have to wait until tomorrow when Nance reveals who she will discuss next!
Dorothy Ooi I am not sure the perspective about HTH and her husband relationship that because she is the one who loves the husband more, she “carried the worry”. I understood that more to be she being the one who loves him more than he loves her, hence later when she tasted Goo Yong Shik’s unconditional love which she has never felt such sweet love before, as she expressed to her husband, it’s really nice, to be loved that way really melted her despite all the signs on the wall say No for her to be with GYS. Why I said I didn’t detect any sign of her “carried the worry” in her marriage because she has trusted her husband completely, she has defended her hb again and again when she didn’t realise the hb did the underhand tactic in team competition, she has shown her faith and trust in her husband before “”truth”” was revealed right in front of her eyes (I need to qualify the truth she saw as it wasn’t really the complete truth, that’s another analysis, for now, I won’t dwell into that aspect). What I want to say is even when the hb’s ex was hinting in front of her that her hb had declared about his unforgettable love for his 1st love, HTH defended her hb with her trusted view that’s the past. She has absolutely not a sliver of worry regarding the love factor in her marriage. There’s never a moment she carried the worry that because she’s the one who loves him more and because she’s the initiator, she lives through her married days with trepidation doubting her hb’s love for her. It wasn’t like that at all. It is because it wasn’t like that this is the reason why I respected HTH even more, why I like her next ability to love GYS coming out of such a background circumstances of her own marriage story even more because she’s completely upfront, fully dedicated to her marriage, there was not a worry or a doubt about the sancity of her marriage with her hb despite the beginning when she was the initiator. To me she has completely given her marriage a go with full faith til she was beaten by her hb’s weakness of character. I didn’t get any feel of she carried the worry in her marriage, more of a she’s the driver of the marriage because she is the leader of the two in her marriage. Whereas Goo Yong Shik who is younger yet because of his deeply suppressed life he is more mature in mental strength and able to be the driver of the relationship with HTH. End of the day the topic of who loves who more hinges on the mental strength and maturity of that mind. HTH already very strong mental yet our young boy has the clarity of mental strength when HTH was very confused. Therefore I won’t say in TPM, LSR loves KIM Seungyu more because both of them have equal mental strength. It wasn’t the time for Kim to focus on doing things for LSR when his mind and energy is focus on revenge, but that doesn’t mean when it is a different time and setting, Kim can’t do more things for his love that will surprise us the viewers. Back to HTH’s hb (forgot his role name though I watched QOR 10 times) the script has it that his character is the type rather lukewarm about things in life, rarely he pulls his weight up to give things a real go (not until the very last of the drama) — I am not criticising him, he has his strong points of tenacity at work/loyaty to family til he could plead not to be made redundant til he dropped all his dignity. But his basic character is lukewarm about life hence his basic character is hard to expect him to love HTH or his next wife as passionate as the force of love HTH and GYS would each invest their heart and love into the one they love. Sorry I am not able to express my thoughts very clearly. The point I want to say is who loves who more hinges on 1) the mental maturity of a person, the more mature the more that person is able to live life larger than life itself and able to do sacrificial things 2) the person’s character, whether is the lukewarm type or the deep passionate type 3) this bit is my personal view based on my karma belief that why we can be doing everything for one love but not our ex love (or current love) has got to be driven by unknown karmic forces, I believe in our experiences in this earth plane with the people we meet has something to do with either unresolved issues in another lifetime or that we are here to learn some lessons from some people.
To answer your question of “”will it be better for PSH to have a marriage partner who loves him more or one he loves more””, my answer is, best scenario is to have equal love. It can be at different times of their journey, one could feel the imbalance weight of love but when it is a positive love this imbalance will prompt the othe party to invest more and reciprocrate. Together they both will each invest along the journey and deepen their experiences as they love each other. I wouldn’t wish upon PSH the scenario of him or his better half loving the other more throughout their journey because when prolonged, one party will feel guilty, the other party will feel belittle (human nature). Even when it is driven by karma where one party is bound to have to be the one giving out more or loving more, this type of love to me would not be as life enriching as the one that is a balanced love from both, where both have had their chance and awared mental ability to invest their love and efforts.
Oh one more thing to add Kim prepared to give her up is because he loves her so much that he didn’t want her to suffer in choosing between her father and him. No question of his depth of love for her. That’s how it comes to my sensors when I watched TPM
The love between KSY and LSR is what me tied to PSH, because it was my first encounter with him. This rebellious kind of woman being courageous enough to stand for where she believes in, never give up on her love and fight for what she is worth, would be the right kind of woman to join PHS in real life
And so who would be the next one in Nance’s today’s article? Ijimae? How To Meet A Perfect Neighbour? Let’s Get Married? Scent? Local Hero?
The heroine of this one, the beauty is needless to say, the individual is more like her firm inner! In times of trouble!” It is very valuable to get along! Any emotion needs that rhythm, but a little hard! Shi Houjun’s personal hope, the other half is rigid, merger, beautiful, independent, confident, kind, like a perfect feeling! In short, it is still the phrase “advantages, like the sun, shortcomings, like stars. When the sun comes out, the stars can’t see!” Any person, not perfect, can only try to be perfect, “the eye of the beholder!” Shi Houjun, feel the most real, must be happy